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Game #2493

Aston Villa

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Saturday, 30 August 1958

West Ham United

7-2

Aston Villa

Division One

West Ham United

3-0-0, 6 PTS

Upton Park

Attendance: 30,263

Lost

12th (-4)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are well beaten by halftime by a West Ham who move the ball with an "effervesence rarely seen".

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 August 1958

🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Malcolm Musgrove
🥅 | 18' Goal, 0-2, (West Ham United), Malcolm Musgrove
🥅 | 30' Goal, 0-3, (West Ham United), Bill Lansdowne
🥅 | 35' Goal, 0-4, (West Ham United), Vic Keeble
🕒 | HT West Ham United 4-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 75' Goal, 0-5, (West Ham United), Vic Keeble
🥅 | 78' Goal, 0-6, (West Ham United), John Dick
⚽ | 79' Goal, 1-6, Jackie Sewell
⚽ | 88' Goal, 2-6, Les Smith
🥅 | 89' Goal, 2-7, (West Ham United), John Dick
🕒 | FT West Ham United 7-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa's eight game unbeaten run including the end of the 1957-58 campaign comes crashing down as they are annihilated at Upton Park, shipping seven goals and making it one win, one draw and one defeat in three division one games so far this season.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

West Ham United

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #233 |
Saturday, 30 August 1958

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: M Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, -1961
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-7
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 233 | 🟩 | 84 🟨 63 🟥 86 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: M Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, -1961
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Vic Crowe and Jackie Sewell replace Trevor Birch and Johnny Dixon.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.25 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.62 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.91 |

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ted Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Ernie Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Noel Cantwell | 🇮🇪 |
D Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Lansdowne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Andy Malcolm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Malcolm Musgrove | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Mike Grice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Dick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Vic Keeble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS

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West Ham XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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